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Originally Posted by Ross
I wonder why folks feel the need to have a pond in the "tank"? With misting, the pond is just a space-taker (in my opinion). I like the orchidarium, but question the pond. Just my 2 pence. The background is "killer", but the pond is a distraction, sorry.
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Ross... the reason (in my case) is very simple... I was not building a vitrine for orchids, as you have. If I would have planned that, I would have just added a grid to the back of the vitrine, in order to hang the mounted plants, and maybe also some places for potted chids...
As I mentionned earlier in this same thread, the idea was to build a terrarium, which is in the middle of my flat, and should also be decorative.
In other words, I planned a terrarium/vivarium/paludarium where I could also grow some orchids (maybe also some other plants) and according to the mood, maybe also add some animals... The pond in the middle, has nothing to do with increasing the humidity (I've got a
misting system for it!), but actually because I love water plants too, and want to have some of them in the vivavrium too. Furthermore, the pond allowes me to have the little waterfalls... again, not in order to increase the humidity, but just because I love the sound of pouring water, which reminds me a lot of my time working in th amazonian... also, since I was a child, I wanted to have an Axolotl, and if I manage to find it here in Switzerland, I would probably add it to the pond in my terrarium...
maybe, an orchids vitrine would have been very purist and would have had a lot of people happy... however, I was building this for me, and I would not have been happy having a plain vitrine with plants in the middle of my appartment... my terrarium should be then covered with moss (the whole back wall is seeded with it!) making a green rain forest spot out of it, standing in the middle of my home...
as you see, my goal with the terrarium was something completely different.... and therefore, the pond in the middle and the "waterfalls" were as important as the orchids that I can grow in the terrarium
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